Bidet



D. A. RUFFIVIAN.

Patented Aug. 3

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Specicaton of Letters-Patent.

Application ledzJaiiiiary 18, 1919. Serial No. 271,836.'

To all who/my t may. concern Be it known that I,.DiiviD 'ALEXANDRo-- vi'roii RUFFMAN, a kcitizen of .Itussia,whose post-office address is 2l Queensborough 'Ierrace, I-Iyde Parli, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvementsl in or Connected with Bidets, of which the fol lowing is a specification. i

My invention relates tothe arrangement of a bidetvpan in combination ywith the pan of a water-closet. 4 o

According toy my-invention a bidet pan is hinged or pivoted or adapted tofslide or mounted on links or otherwise :in suoli a manner with relationto ,the W. C. .pan that when required for use it can bemoved over, into or adjacent to the IN. C. pan, and means are provided whereby thecontentsof the bidet `pan can be discharged into the W. C. pan or into a separate trap, sink or pipe provided for-.the reception "tof the; waste. I provide .a water supply in connec# tion with the bidet. pan, 4preferably bothl hot and cold. c n

A. convenient arrangement for carrying my inventioninto practiceis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichy Figure l is a sectional sidevview showing a bidet arranged inconjunction with an ordinary W.. pan, a`nd Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a view of partof Fig. l drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. l isa plan view of the bidet-detached.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to-Fig. illiistrat-y ing a slight modification of the arrangement shownin .the said igiiref a indicates the ordinary W. C. pan which, as shown, is connected to a soil pipe b and as having connected to it a flushing pipe c, and Z indicates the ordinary hinged seat.

e indicates the bidet which is advantageously made of sheet metal and preferably metal of a light nature such as aluminium,

the said bidet being provided with a well or basin 7 which fits within the ordinary flushing riin of the pan a, and with a hollow rim gkdesigned to rest upon the top of thefpan and form the seat of the bidet, the inner r edge of thev said rim preferably slightly overhanging the edge of the basin, in a man-k ner which will be clearly understood by reference to Figs. l and 2.

To the rim g of the bidet is attached a pipe h, preferably in connection with hot and cold water supplies as at '11, e'. In order said rod.

to allow of the bidet being lifted from the pan a to such a position that'it will 'permit of the ordinary seat Z being turned down onto the said pan, the said pipe h is, in the drawing represented as kbeing made in rati-interi nlug. e, ieee.

sections or linlsvconnected by joints 7c, 7c

which will permitof the 'said pipe being folded, and of the bidetbeing lifted to a position such, for instance,.as indicated by the dot and dash'lines in Figs. land 2.

The joints le, la, as shown," are of a type which will only allow ofthe said pipe being folded so that the 'sections lie parallel to one another, kthis arrangement permitsof the bidet, when lifted, being supportedby the n pipe and say .by a hook` Z. AWhen, however,

it is more convenient lto arrange for the bidet, when not in use, to occupy aposition say to one side of the -W. 5C. pan instead of vertically above it, as shown, the joints 7c, 7c may be of the universal type.

Between the rim g andthe basinf I provide' an opening/m, Figs. 2 andy 1l through which the water which is -introducedinto the rimywill flow into the basin,

and atftherearof the basin I provide a nozzle n normallyclosed bya plug offer the dischargefof the waterfrom the basin. This plug is connected to a rod p which extends to the top-side ofthe rim where it is provided with a headl 'g` for vlifting. the As shown, the upper end of the rod p is screw-threaded and is fitted into a nut l/fso that the lifting ofthe plug o will be effected by rotating the head g. j

VIn practice I prefer that the water which enters therim should, before enteringlthe basin, flow completely around the said lrim so that, when warm water is used, the said rim may be warmed, andI therefore provide between the inlet of the pipe 71, and the outlet m a partition s as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. lWhen cold water only is required it is advantageous that such water should drectly enter the basin f without flowing around the rim and to provide for this I prefer to make the rod p .tubular and provide apertures in it at. t, u, the upper aperture t being vnormally closedby a plug e having its head w resting upon the head j.r j

It will thus be understood that when the plug' e is lifted the water which enters the rim will flow through the opening t, the hollow rod p and the opening u directly into the basin.

'Io prevent thek water from running rod p for lifting the waste plug 0, the said` plug may be provided with a chain y, as shown in Fig. 5, and `in this case an independent plug yl on, say, a screwed rod is provided for admitting the water directly into the pan f from the rim g without the necessity fortraversing around the latter.

a indicates a spoon shaped lip which I ad-V vantageously provide in connection with the waste nozzle n for preventing water from dripping from the said nozzle when the bidet is in its raised position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It is to be understoodthat the construetion hereinbefore described is only given as an illustration of a way in which my'invention can be carried into practice and that the bidet can be mounted in any other con venent manner which will allow of it being readily placed upon or removed from the pan of a W. C. It is also to be understood that, although II prefer that the pan should be `arranged in conjunction with a W. C. pan having'a hinged seat, it may be used in connection with a W. C. pan having a fixed seat` in which case the bidet itselfwill,

y when' in use, rest upon the seat.

Claims:

1. bidet designed for use in connection with a water closet comprising a basin and a hollow rim which latter `forms the seat of the bidet and into which hollow rim the water is introduced, the basin of the said bidet being provided with a discharge nozzle through which the contents of the bidet can be discharged into the water closet pan.

2. A bidet designed i'or use in connection with a water closet comprising a basin and bidet being provided with a discharge nozzle through which the contents of the bidet can be discharged into the water closet pan in combination with means whereby the water before being introduced into the basin of the bidet is caused to traverse around the hollow rim of the latter.

3. In a bidet of the kind claimed in claim l, the combination with the hollow rim of the bidet of a plug connected to a hollow screw threaded tubular rod, a head for li'i'ting said rod, apertures in said rod, the upper aperture being normally :closed by a second plug having its head resting upon the head of the hollow tubular rod. l

il; The combination with a water closet bowl, of a tubular rim forming a seat adapted to! rest on the upper edge of the closet bowl, a pansupported by said rim,means placing the pan in communication with the interior of said rim, and means for supplying` fluid to the interior oit' said rim.:

5. A combination as dened in claim at having means for closing the communicating means between the interior ofthe rim and pan.

6. A combinationfasdeined in claim in which the means for supplying fluid to theinteriorof the rim includes a hot water pipe and a cold water pipe, valves arranged valve. for closing. the last named means, a y water supply pipe, a hinge Jointed pipe connecting the last named pipe with the interior of the rim, and an outlet for the basin.

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